I don't understand this buzz suddenly just because Yonex hired Tomic and Wawrinka. They always made great racquets, independently of who played with their racquets, suddenly many want to buy VCore here...ludicrous !!!.

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Yes, it is, but it does illustrate why a company like Yonex is prepared to go after players. The kind of people who would buy a quite expensive player's frame like the V-Cores are exactly the kind of people who are influenced by this kind of marketing. Yonex are being pretty aggressive at local level, too, offering great packages for players and coaches at the moment.

Pro rhymes with Ho and players will do anything for the Benjamins
even if it f..cks up their game.
Don't believe me? Check the results of
DavydenkoCarlos Ferreira
Ljubicic
Ivanovic
Wozniacki
All switched frames and have struggled since then for various reasons
of course.
Contrast that with players like Stepanek, Roddick and Moya who switched to frames that complemented their style of play, who ultimately got the better payout?

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you mean wayne ferreira?
wasn´t he playing with his old dunlops long after they were discontinued?

Stan is deffo using the 95 and looking at the pics of Tomic the racket looks like its got less space from the frame to side mains than the 98 has, which is a touch rounder.

Both PJ's imo, it makes sense that Yonex have their main men on their best seller.

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The large photo of Stan above shows the "groove" running all the way around the throat, which is a hallmark of the VCORE thing. Might be prostock VCORE 95 rather than paintjob mystery stick. Both VCORE 95 and 98 are quite narrrow in the head compared to other sticks of same headsize, but I agree with you that it's 95 in Stan's case.

The large photo of Stan above shows the "groove" running all the way around the throat, which is a hallmark of the VCORE thing. Might be prostock VCORE 95 rather than paintjob mystery stick. Both VCORE 95 and 98 are quite narrrow in the head compared to other sticks of same headsize, but I agree with you that it's 95 in Stan's case.

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Yeah, I was quite surprised to see that groove on Nalby's racket too, I thought he would stick with the hexagonal beam (rdx500mp wasnt it??). They must all be very impressed with these rackets.

The pro stock versions are the same retail racket just individually specced in the factory during the lay up process.

cuz nalbandian's racquet as shown in your picture doesn't look like monaco's even though they are advertised as using the same stick.
juan monaco's is much more isometric/less rounded on sides and at the top

i think wawrinka might be using something 95" but string colors and racquet angles can be deceiving too.

cuz nalbandian's racquet as shown in your picture doesn't look like monaco's even though they are advertised as using the same stick.
juan monaco's is much more isometric/less rounded on sides and at the top

i think wawrinka might be using something 95" but string colors and racquet angles can be deceiving too.

What about Djokovic moving from Wilson to Head and Berdych moving from Dunlop to Head?

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Sorry but as it has been writen already, Djokovic has been unconsistent for a while after switching, and on the other hand Berdych plaied an old Head Pro stock under the Dunlop PJ you are mentioning.
I can remember Tsonga also, moving like djokovic from the Wilson Blade to Cobra (PJ ?) and then aeropro. He took a while to get used.

I believe that at this level of play, everything is about consistency and perfect symbiosis with your gear, as these guys are looking at any time for the best shot !! (or almost). When you change gear, suddenly your FH drive lands 15cm longer than u expected it, or your topped BH crosscourt passing lands short, your dropshot doesn't feel the same at all or whatever.